Women's Letters

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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0385335563

Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present

Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women's singular correspondences-often their only form of public expression. Get Women's Letters literature books for free.
In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing George Washington's portrait during the War of 1812; one week after JFK's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy pens a heartfelt letter to Nikita Khrushchev; and on September 12, 2001, a schoolgirl writes a note of thanks to a
New York City firefighter, asking him, "Were you afraid?"

The letters gathered here also offer fresh insight into the personal milestones in women's lives. Here is a mid-nineteenth-century Check Women's Letters our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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